converting T to AND

[Roy Osumi]

I have a system that is sending me T and I want to replace it with AND.  The issue am having is there are sometimes spaces before and/or after the T and sometimes no spaces.  I am having difficulty formatting my output correctly.  This T can occur anywhere in a description.

examples and expected outcomes

STI = S AND I

S T I = S AND I

ST I = S AND I

WITH TWITHOUT CONTRAST = WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST

if I use string map on the above examples I would get output like this

set a [string map “\T\” “AND”]

output would be:

SANDI

S AND I

SAND I

Where S AND I is the correct output.  What is an efficient way to program this so all examples have the correct output?

using CL 5.5 linux 4.0

Topic

[Jim Kosloskey]

Roy,

Well I am guessing the message is using the default su-components separator (&) and thus the T should be replaced by &.

The original formatting of the text was done using & not AND thus the spacing, etc. was proper.

The intent is to replace T with & I suggest you do that and now the text will look as intended.

However, I am guessing the receiving system does not know what to do with the T and the & will cause it problems.

So I tried this and it seems to work:

set a [string map

$b]

I am assuming your value to be mapped is in the variable b above.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Max Drown (Infor)]

Roy, do a search on the forum for help with that. If you can’t find what you need, let me know.

-- Max Drown (Infor)

[Roy Osumi]

Sorry Jim –

I wrote a reply but I guess I did not send it.  Jim was really close.

To get the format correct I needed to add in the space before and after the  ” AND ” for every scenario.

set a [string map

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